Apparently Bactine is a first aid liquid.
Also the newspaper article is a nice detail.
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Did Bill Amend announce his wedding in this strip?
edit: I couldn't find his wife's name, but apparently this might have been an easter egg. A search result snippet for a reddit comment from a now banned community says:
"Naw that was a reference to Paulina Porizkova, one of the most famous supermodels of the 90s..
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He had quite a few headlines in the early days where he plays with Bruce Springsteen and etc
Paulina Porizkova (born 9 April 1965) is a fashion model, author and actress. In 1984, she became the first Central European woman to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
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